Knot v. Gay
Connecticut Superior Court
Action of trespass, for assault and battery, and for breaking open his shop. The defendants plead severally, not guilty. Issue to the jury- — who find the following facts in .a special verdict, viz.
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Action of trespass, for assault and battery, and for breaking open his shop. The defendants plead severally, not guilty. Issue to the jury- — who find the following facts in .a special verdict, viz. That on the evening next after the day of it being Saturday night, one Hose and Charles Knot came to the plaintiff’s shop, and proposed to swap shoe buckles, and sent and got a pint of rum; Charles scrupled whether Rose’s buckles were silver and refused to swap, upon which Rose told him he must pay his bottle; Charles said he should not, upon which Rose stripped and begun to threaten; Charles…
1Opinion of the Court
The court gave judgment; that the law is so upon the facts found, that the breaking said shop and arresting said Rose and the plaintiff was lawful and right, and that the defendants are not guilty.
2Cited by8 opinions
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- Willis v. WarrenNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1859
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